4.19.2011

Following Him to Calvary

So I was having dinner with a dear friend of mine last night and we got to talking about the sacrifice of following Jesus. It means to carry the cross He has for us and live in love and service for those that we meet on our path.

I recalled a song by Todd Agnew called My Jesus and one lyric that really haunts me:
Which Jesus do you follow?
Which Jesus do you serve?
If Ephesians says to imitate Christ
Then why do you look so much like the world?

I want to be like my Jesus!
I want to be like my Jesus!

Not a poster-child for American prosperity, but like my Jesus
You see I'm tired of living for success and popularity
I want to be like my Jesus but I'm not sure what that means to be like You Jesus
Cause You said to live like You, love like You but then You died for me
Can I be like You Jesus? I want to be like my Jesus
And snap, there it is. Love incarnate, laying His life down for his friends, pouring out the last ounces of compassion on a soul that called for His death and was the reasoning behind it. For me.

So what does that look like in my day to day? If I'm honest with myself I see MUCH room for improvement. But what it really comes down to is loving someone often in spite of how I feel at the moment. Living like Jesus, loving sacrificially, and possibly laying down my life in many ways. Accepting them with the love of Jesus, realizing that He is working in their lives as much he is mine.